Record up to ten minutes about whatever is knotted up in your head. I'll listen closely, then send back a one-page drawing of your thinking: the threads, the tension at the center, and one small next step.

Founding price for the first ten memos is $45. Maps arrive within three business days.

Sound familiar?

• You think best out loud, not in outlines.
• You've circled the same decision for weeks.
• Your head has twelve tabs open and none of them will close.
• You can explain it to a friend, but it falls apart on paper.

That's not a flaw. Plenty of good minds work by talking their way to clarity. Untangle gives that talking somewhere to land.

How it works

1. You ramble. Pay, then record a voice memo on your phone, ten minutes max. No script, no prep. Wander, backtrack, contradict yourself. Email it over.
2. I listen and draw. I listen deeply, the way I would in a room I'm graphic recording. Then I draw what I hear: what keeps coming up, what's pulling against what.
3. Your map arrives. Within three business days you get a one-page sketchnote and a short note from me. Reply with one follow-up question and I'll answer it.

What comes back to you

• A one-page hand-drawn map of your thinking, as a high-res image and PDF.
• The threads, named. The ideas you kept returning to.
• The tension at the center. What's actually pulling against what.
• One question to sit with, drawn from your own words.
• One small next step you could try this week.

Good things to untangle

• A career crossroads, or the vague sense that it's time for a next act
• A project that won't start, or won't finish
• An idea you can feel but can't explain yet
• A hard conversation you're getting ready for
• Two options you keep flipping between

What this isn't

Untangle isn't therapy, coaching or advice. I won't tell you what to do. I'll show you what you said, arranged so you can see it.

Questions

Do I need to prepare anything?

No. Start with "here's what's on my mind" and keep going. The messier it is, the more there is to find.

Can I send a longer memo?

No. Ten minutes is the limit, and it's there on purpose: it makes you choose what matters most, which is half the untangling. If your memo runs over, I'll send it back and ask you to re-record.

What happens to my recording?

Only I listen to it. I delete the audio once your map is delivered, and I never share your map without asking first.

Can I share my map?

It's yours. Post it, print it, pin it, send it to the person you're deciding with.

Can I untangle something for my team?

That's live graphic recording, which I also do. See how it works, or get in touch at chad@wherelightgathers.studio.

Hi, I'm Chad.

I'm a visual sensemaker. For 25 years, across game studios, design agencies and a Fortune 100 company, my job has been making complex things legible to the people inside them.

Untangle is that same work, for the knot in your own head.